- Andravida AB
Infobox Airport
name = Andravida AB
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nativename-a = Αεροδρόμιο Αωδραβίδας
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IATA = PYR
ICAO = LGAD
type = Army
owner =
operator = Hellenic Army
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location = Andravida, Ilia
elevation-f = 9
elevation-m = 17
coordinates = Coord|37|56|N|21|17|E|type:airport|display=inline,title
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r1-number = 16/34
r1-length-f = 10,374
r1-length-m = 3,162
r1-surface = Asphalt
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footnotes =Andravida military airport is 2.5 km away from the city center. Construction began in the 1950s to expand the
Greek military and military aviation services throughout the state. The cost of building the airport and some facilities was about $1,000,000 (10,000,000 drachmas) to $5,000,000. The length of the runway is 2 km and the size is exactly 1². It is the longest airport inIlia . The airport is bordered and almost surrounded with 80% or 4 km of green leafy and pine trees, except of those at runway points. The setting is located in a forested area. There are more forest lying east of the military airport. Cultivated plains lie to the west. Military exercises have occurred since its opening.Incidents and accidents
In 2000, parts from the Greek military aircraft landed on a rural residential house which didn't cause fatalities, but paralysed a refrigerator in the kitchen, and caused a hole in a ceiling. The plane did not crash. A couple of days later, demonstrators were protesting against any more military exercises in the area because one reason is the noise level, and another incident. Another one of this kind also happened in the 1960s.
References
http://www.airports-worldwide.com/greece/andravida_greece.html
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